With the increasement of EST data and accomplishment of Populus genome sequencing, it would become possible and feasible to isolate and identify the functional genes from poplar by in silico cloning.

• 丰富的杨树EST数据和公布的杨树基因组序列框架图，使得利用电子克隆技术开展杨树功能基因的分离和鉴定己经成为可能。